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HKEX 4336 - Applied Materials, Inc.

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.) 505438789052535641859996154399134815133227427675892013085389966885379487229478516026392305390076776550456360960.00%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.) 0.00%

Price Snapshot:

Metric Value
Last Price HKD

DuPont Model Analysis

The DuPont model decomposes return on equity (ROE) into three operating and capital-structure drivers:

ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier

The comparison uses the latest two comparable annual periods available for the issuer, with reported statement amounts shown in HK$. Revenue and net income are income-statement flows; total assets and shareholders’ equity are year-end balance-sheet figures. This is a simplified year-end-balance DuPont comparison rather than an average-balance ROE calculation.

DuPont component Calculation FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue HK$28.37B HK$27.18B
Net income Reported net income HK$7.00B HK$7.18B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$36.30B HK$34.41B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$20.41B HK$19.00B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 24.67% 26.41%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.7815x 0.7898x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.7781x 1.8109x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 34.28% 37.77%

Source: Yahoo Finance annual statements. Values are based on the two latest comparable annual periods returned by the source; fiscal period labels use the statement period-end year.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

Valuation basis: This research model follows a five-year, unlevered FCFF DCF. It starts from reported annual operating inputs, forecasts revenue and operating cash conversion under an explicit mechanical policy, discounts FCFF at WACC, applies a Gordon-growth terminal value, and bridges enterprise value to an indicative common-equity value per share. It is an analytical estimate rather than a recommendation or personalised target price.

Step 1 — Forecast Operating Profit and NOPAT

Reported operating input Value
Revenue HK$28.37B
Prior annual revenue HK$27.18B
EBIT HK$9.54B
Tax rate 24.50%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$7.20B
Forecast start-growth basis 4.39%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$7.20B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$435.00M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$2.26B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$200.00M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$5.18B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 4.39% HK$7.52B HK$454.08M -HK$2.36B -HK$208.77M HK$5.40B HK$5.15B
2 3.91% HK$7.81B HK$471.86M -HK$1.96B -HK$216.95M HK$6.11B HK$5.28B
3 3.44% HK$8.08B HK$488.10M -HK$1.51B -HK$224.41M HK$6.83B HK$5.36B
4 2.97% HK$8.32B HK$502.61M -HK$1.03B -HK$231.08M HK$7.56B HK$5.39B
5 2.50% HK$8.53B HK$515.17M -HK$515.17M -HK$236.86M HK$8.29B HK$5.36B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.00
Cost of equity 10.21%
Pre-tax cost of debt 3.94%
WACC 10.17%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$110.76B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 9.38x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 71.99%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$26.55B
Present value of terminal value HK$68.23B
Indicated enterprise value HK$94.78B
Discounting convention mid-year for explicit FCFF; terminal value discounted at year-end five

Step 6 — Convert Enterprise Value to Equity Value

Equity bridge Value
Indicated enterprise value HK$94.78B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$7.05B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$8.57B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$96.30B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 808,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$1,620.00
DCF indicative value per share HK$119.19
Indicative value vs. market price -92.64%

Model Integrity Checks

Check Result
Perpetuity growth is below the risk-free rate pass
Perpetuity growth is below WACC pass
WACC is within the configured operating-company range pass
Terminal-year FCFF is positive pass
Terminal capex converges to D&A pass
Terminal-value concentration within review band
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% review required

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 3/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 4/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:09:19.948789 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-10-31 00:00:00. Default assumptions: five-year forecast, mid-year discounting for explicit FCFF, a maximum 2.50% perpetuity-growth rate below both WACC and the risk-free rate, historical operating-ratio persistence, and capex convergence to D&A by year five. No sell-side consensus or management guidance is substituted for reported inputs. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

2.7 Quantitative Factor Diagnostics

Model basis: Daily issuer USD excess returns are regressed in-sample using ordinary least squares on matching regional Fama–French factors. FF3 estimates market, size, and value loadings; FF5 adds profitability and investment. Coefficients are descriptive historical exposures, not predictions.

Estimation input Value
Regional factor set Asia Pacific ex Japan
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-20 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 210
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings HKD adjusted close divided by daily USD/HKD close before simple daily return calculation

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha -2.79% -2.86%
Adjusted R² -0.00 -0.00
Annualised residual volatility 0.83% 0.83%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) -0.00 (-0.88) -0.00 (-0.45)
Size (SMB) -0.00 (-0.20) 0.00 (0.47)
Value (HML) -0.01 (-1.67) -0.01 (-1.58)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.00 (0.33)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.01 (0.99)

Definitions: Mkt-RF is the market return less the risk-free rate; SMB is small minus big; HML is high minus low book-to-market; RMW is robust minus weak profitability; CMA is conservative minus aggressive investment. Factor returns are sourced from the Kenneth R. French Data Library; issuer adjusted-return history is sourced from Yahoo Finance. For Hong Kong listings, adjusted HKD prices are converted into USD with daily USD/HKD closes before return calculation to match the USD regional factor basis. This is an in-sample historical regression; coefficients and t-statistics do not establish causation or predict future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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